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To better put into perspective the various issues surrounding energy in the 21st century, you need to understand the essential science behind how energy works. And you need a reliable source whose focus is on giving you the facts you need to form your own educated opinions.

In one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of The Theory of Relativity in recent years, Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation, exploring the principles of physics through everyday life.

How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth.

At a time when many people around the world are living into their 10th decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: Our lives continue to evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling than before. Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men's lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation.

Leading an HVAC company can seem like a daunting task, with too few hours in the day, too many petty management issues, and problems HVAC contractors in large businesses don't seem to face. The E-Myth HVAC Contractor offers you a road map to create a business that's self-sufficient, growing, and highly profitable. Take your company to levels you didn't think possible with this unique guide!

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja. From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But...

How did humans, a species of self-centered apes, come to care about others? Since Darwin, scientists have tried to answer this question using evolutionary theory. In The Kindness of Strangers, psychologist Michael E. McCullough shows why they have failed and offers a new explanation instead. From the moment nomadic humans first settled down until the aftermath of the Second World War, our species has confronted repeated crises that we could only survive by changing our behavior.

Human Anatomy & Physiology - Part 2 is a college introductory-level text read in a conversational manner. Within each section key words and concepts are introduced and discussed. The audio format allows students to make the most of their time by giving them the freedom to study by listening.

We have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there's no stopping it. The question, according to Matthew Kahn, is not how were going to avoid a hotter future but how were going to adapt to it. In Climatopolis, Kahn, one of the worlds foremost experts on the economics of the environment, argues that cities and regions will adapt to rising temperatures over time, slowly transforming our everyday lives.

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet. Recycle...

Employing in-depth reporting on cutting edge science and technology, veteran journalist Thomas E. Weber takes us on a tour of how meteorologists, scientists, and officials track and prepare for major weather events. As climate change is altering our planet and making weather events more extreme, Weber introduces us to those on the front lines of weather preparation and prediction.

Podcast in 4 episodi che documenta l’impatto del cambiamento climatico su foreste, paesaggi ed economia nella Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme, una delle più antiche istituzioni comunitarie d'Italia. Le quattro puntate documentano la voce di esperti e amministratori registrati direttamente sul campo, in occasione di escursioni e incontri con la popolazione. Un’occasione per approfondire le sfide che il cambiamento climatico impone agli ecosistemi alpini, dove la gestione del territorio, la ricerca scientifica e la partecipazione delle comunità si incontrano per costruire strategie di ...

DICCIONARIO AGAMBEN: Un estudio de sus conceptos e ideas más profundos Filósofo contemporáneo, cuyo pensamiento conecta la política, la teología, el derecho y la estética. Diccionario Agamben ofrece la referencia más completa a sus conceptos clave, ideas e innovaciones filosóficas —presentadas en definiciones claras, explicaciones contextuales y respaldadas por citas cuidadosamente seleccionadas de sus obras. Desde la Vida Desnuda hasta el Estado de Excepción, desde el Kairós hasta la Profanación, cada entrada ilumina cómo el pensamiento de Agamben transforma nuestra comprensión...

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Crisi climatica e negazionismo; siccità e alluvioni; transizione ecologica e greenwashing; sviluppo e decrescita; spopolamento e ripopolamento delle aree interne e montane. Temi, questioni, fenomeni, diversi tra loro - talvolta contraddittori - eppure interconnessi da una linea, tanto sottile da sembrare invisibile. Da qui la necessità di trovare un modo nuovo di parlare di problemi nuovi, di dare spazio a forme di interpretazione del mondo più elastiche, complesse e complessive.Reticoli è un podcast pensato per avvicinare il pubblico al mondo dell’ecologia politica: una disciplina, o ...

The Sun, Moon, and stars are crucial to your daily existence. The perfect regularity of the heavens is the only guaranteed part of life and inspires deep religious and philosophical ideas, while unexpected events such as eclipses and comets incite fear. Experience this ancient outlook with noted astrophysicist and historian of astronomy Professor Bradley Schaefer of Louisiana State University. An award-winning teacher, Dr. Schaefer takes you around the world, exploring the close relationship that people thousands of years ago had with the sky.

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We are told that in Tartary, each native makes the iron he needs, just as every household would make its own bread. The furnace is a very small affair, not holding more than three pounds of ore. This is filled with ore and charcoal. The bellows are used, and after the charcoal is all burned out, the result is a small piece of spongy iron, which needs only repeated heating and hammering to be made serviceable.

Long before the U.S. government began conducting secret radiation and germ-warfare experiments, and long before the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, medical professionals had introduced—and hotly debated the ethics of—the use of human subjects in medical experiments. In Subjected to Science, Susan Lederer provides the first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the earlier period, from 1890 to 1940.

Un audiolibro che vi trascinerà sulla scena del crimine, mostrando il dietro le quinte del lavoro degli anatomopatologi forensi. Cristina Cattaneo, direttrice del Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense (LABANOF), ci racconta i casi più famosi in cui la scienza moderna ha saputo dare una spiegazione a enigmi apparentemente irrisolvibili: dallo scheletro di una donna uccisa dal crimine organizzato alle vittime di violenza sessuale, passando per schiere di morti non identificati e addirittura i resti di famosi personaggi storici.